= Frances Allen
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Frances Allen (1932–2020) was a prominent American computer scientist known for her pioneering work in compiler optimization and programming language theory. She was one of the first female computer scientists to achieve significant recognition in her field and made substantial contributions to the development of optimizing compilers that improve the performance of software. Allen worked at IBM for much of her career, where she developed techniques that allowed for more efficient execution of programs, including innovations in parallel computing and algorithms for program analysis.
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